An imaging technique that characterizes neuroanatomical structures of the brain and other body parts through the influence of a large magnet that polarises hydrogen atoms in tissues, followed by monitoring the summation of the spinning energies to reconstruct an overall image with the aid of computer processing.
See Brain (neuro-) imaging, Diffusion tensor imaging, Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), Magnetoencephalography (MEG), MRI morphometry, Structural imaging